Dumping-wagon



PATENTBD FEB. 16, 1904.

Jfs. DANLEY.

DUMPING WAGON.

APFLIUATION FILED JUNE 17, 1903. N0 MODEL. 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.7V

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APPLIGATION FILED JUNE v17, i903.

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PATENT OFFICE.

TO RICHARDV PATTERSON, OF, GREELEY, COLORADO.

DUNIPING-WAGON.

sPncIFmATIoN forming part br Letters Patent No. 752,206, dated February 1e, l1904.

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Beit known that I, JAMES S. DANLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Greeley, in the county'of Weld and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dumping -W'agonsg and I do declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will Y enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the saine, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and

'to the gures ci1 reference lmarked thereon,

construct a wagon in which its body canj be tilted' to either side, as occasion may require, and in which it will slide sidewise in being tilted, so that its contents will be dumped into the receiving-bin and at a point distant from the running-gearand wheels of the wagon,- trhe wagon-body being raised, tilted, and moved sidewise by improved means, as will behere` inafter made to appear, and then` sought to be clearly deiined by the claims, reference be-r ing had to the accompanying drawings, forining a part hereof, and in whichl Figure 1 1s a perspective 4ofthe wagon,

looking from the rear, constructed accordingv to my invention and illustrating the wagonbody as raised and tilted for discharging itsI Fig. 2 is an'end elevatiom-lookingcontents. from the front of Fig. l, with the runninggear omitted and representingthe body in its normal position. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the frame of the structure which ,rests upon the running-gear `with the running-gear and the body of the wagon omitted, and Fig, 1 is a cross-section through Fig. 1 with the running-gear omitted.

In the drawings the numeral 1 designates two stringers restingupon the bolsters of the lwagon and connected together and braced by `of the wagon.

transverse bars 2, passing. beneath the stringers and bolted thereto by clips 3 or `otherwise. Across the top of the stringers at suitable intervals extend cross-bars 4, which are suitably secured to the stringers, and adjacent to some of these bars and parallel therewith, extendcross-bars 5, bothsetso bars being suitably secured to the stringere, and tothe under side of the bars 4 and 5, which lie in pairs, are suitably secured to the under faces of vthe bars rollers 6.V From the opposite ends of the frame thus formed and rising from the end brace-bars 2 are upright standards 7 which are braced on opposite sides by the inclined ways 8, upon the top edges of which are track-rails 9, and between the lower ends of the inclined trackways 8 and the upright standards 7 there may be brace-pieces 10'.

` The wagon-bod y consists of the end-boards 1 1,v the side-boards l2, which are hinged by suitable hinges 13 to the longitudinal timbers 14:, and of cross-rails 15, which extend across the bottomylt, which rails when the body is .in its normal position rest upon the rollers 6 of the frame, which is secured to the bolsters The side-boards of the body may be held in their raised position by pivoted hooks 17 or other suitable means. To

opposite ends of the body are secured groovedv wheels 18, supported by suitable brackets 19,

so that said wheels will engage the track-rails 9, which being inclined, as shown, will allow the .wagon-body to have a side movement while it is being raised and tilted, and to guard against the bodyslipping sidewise. should the wheels leave the track-rails stop-hooks 20 are 4secured to the` cross-rails 15l beneath the bot- -toni of the body or to some of said rails, so

that said hooks will engage/with the rollers 6,

andthusA prevent the side slipping of the body in such an event.

For the purpose of raising, sliding, and tilting the wagon-body the followingmechanism is employed: A rod y21, tubular or solid, is extended longitudinallyof the frame, which rests upon the holsters and suitably journaled in said frame, and it is provided with abevelwheel 22, with which mesh bevel-pinions 23,

secured to shafts 24, journaled in suitablev bearings 25 and having angular ends for the IOO application of a crank-handle 26 thereto. In

the upper ends of the 4upright standards 7 are form a lever with a long and a short arm.

These levers carry at their opposite ends sheaves 29, over which passes a cable 30, which cable then passes in one direction over a sheave 31, secured by a bracket 32 to the frame resting upon the bolsters, said cablev then passing to a spool 33, secured to the rod 21, so as to turn therewith. The other portion of the cable passes through a pulley-block 33, which is coupled by a hook 34 to the eye of a clip 35, secured to the end of the longitudinal timber 14 of the wagon-body, the cable thence passing up to the walking-beam or lever and secured thereto in any suitable manner, as illustrated in the drawings. The opposite end of the walking-beam or lever is connected .by a chain 36 to the eye of the clip 35, attached to the end of the opposite longitudinal timber 14: of the wagon-body. With the parts thus constructed and the crank-handle 26 applied to the shaft of one of the pinions 23, as illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawings, so as to transmit motion to the rod 21 through the bevelgear 22, the cable is wound upon the spool 33 and the wagon body is raised. At the same time the body slides sidewise by reason of the inclined track-rail 9 and is tilted to the position shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, and the side-board having been released from the hook 17 and allowed to swing downward the contents of the wagon-body slide out of the body and are dumped into the trough or other place of deposit. If it is desired to tilt the wagon-body in the opposite direction to that shown in Figs. 1 and .Lof the drawings, the cable is released from the sheave 31, the chain 36 is detached from the eye-clip 35, and

the pulley-block 33 is unhooked from the other v eye-clip 35, and the walking-beam or lever is then turned on its pivot or swivel until the pulley-block 33 is brought into positionv to engage the eye of the clip 35 at the opposite side of the wagon and the chain 36 into position to be secured to the eye of the clip, to which the pulley-block was previously engaged, and the crank-handle 26 is then applied to the shaft of the other pinion 23, when the wagon-body will be tilted as before, but to the opposite side of the wagon.

It will be understood that the several parts for raising and tilting the wagon-body will be duplicated at opposite ends of the wagon, so as to allow of the operation described.

The chain 36 serves to resist the downward pull on the short end of the walking-beam or lever when power is first applied to the cable to lift the side of the wagon-body to which the pulley block is coupled, and thus the chain serves to hold the beam or lever ina horizontal position until the side of the wagonbody having the pulley-block coupled to it is raised a Vcertain distance by the winding of the cable, after whichthe beam acts asl a lever to further lift and tilt the wagon-body, so that it will be observed that the wagon-body is raised, moved sidewise, and'tilted by the conibined action `of the windingcable, the inclined track, and the walking-beam or lever.

I have illustrated and described with particularity the preferred details of construction and operation of the. several parts; but it is obvious that changes can be made in the details and features of my invention still be retained.

Having described my invention and set forth its merits, what IV claim is- 1. In a dumping-wagon, the combination of the body capable of being raised and moved sidewise, the walking beam or lever, and the winding-cable connected with the body and with said beam, substantially as described.

2. In a dumping-wagon, the combination of the body capable of being .raised and moved sidewise, the walking-beam or lever, the winding-cable connected with the body and said beam, and a flexible connection between the beam and a fixed support on the side opposite to the connection of the cable with the body, substantially as described` 3. In a dumping-wagon, the combination of the body capable of being raised and moved sidewise, the swiveled walking-beam or lever, and the winding-cable connected with the body and with said beam, substantially as described.

4. In a dumping-wagon, the combination of the wagon-body capable of being raised and moved sidewise, the inclined track-rail for guiding said bod-y while being raised and moved sidewise, the walking-beam or lever, the winding-cable connected with the body and with said beam, and the flexible connection between the beam and a fixed support, substantially as described. v

5. In a dumping-wagon, the combination of the body capable of being raised and moved sidewise, an inclined track-rail for guiding the body while being raised and moved sidewise, a winding-cable connected with said body and said beam, a rotatable shaft for winding the cable, and means for rotating said shaft, substantially as described. 4

6. In a dumping-wagon, the combination of the body capable of being raised and moved sidewise, a double inclined track rail for guiding said body while being raised and moved sidewise to either side of the wagon, a walking-beam or lever, a winding-cable connected with said body and said beam, and a iexible connection between the beam and a fixed support on the side opposite to the connection of the cable with the body, substantially as described.

7. The combination, of the body capable of being raised and moved sidewise, the walkingbeam or lever, the doubleinclined track-rail IOO IIO

for guiding the said body while being raised double inclined track-rail for guiding the I5 body while being raised and moved sidewise, walking-beams or levers, a winding-cable connected with the body and with said beams, and a liexible connection between said beam and a xed support on the side opposite to the oon- 2O nection of the cable with the body, substanti-ally as described.

In testimony whereof I aiiiX my signature in presence of two witnesses. JAMES S. DANLEY.

y Witnesses:

RICHARD PATTERSON,

FRANK GUELM. 

